Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

A key member of the team, you will manage a caseload, dealing with a wide range of presenting health care needs in a primary care setting. The post holder will work with clinical colleagues in ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients.

The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. Making themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video consultations and queries dealing with queries, paperwork and reports.

The post holder will also contribute to planning and decision making as part of the practice team; the job description, therefore, covers clinical and organisational elements.

Clinical Responsibilities

· In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, issuing and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

· Makes professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the Practice.

· Receives patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and makes assessments of their health care needs.

· Screens patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

· Develops care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols.

· Provides counselling and health education.

· Prescribes in accordance with the prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

· Admits or discharges patients to and from caseload and refers them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.

· Supports the trainers in teaching in the Practice and gives clinical supervision to training doctors.

· Complies with relevant Practice policy/guidelines, e.g. Child Protection, confidentially issues etc.

· Is committed to lifelong learning, audit and effectiveness issues to ensure evidence-based best practice.

· Maintains GMC registration.

· Ensures inclusion on a local Performer’s list.

Other Responsibilities within the Practice

· Consults with patients in the surgery and at home visits as agreed internally between all partners.

· Be available for ‘on-call’ duties to answer patients’ telephone queries or carry out emergency home visits, or surgery consultations as appropriate.

· Contributes to the evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with colleagues.

· Records clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards;

· Collects data for audit purposes;

· Compiles and issues computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible);

· In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

· Contributes to the strategic management and development of the Practice e.g. in developing and contributing to Practice policies and guidelines.

· Attendance at training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

· Meets all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.)

· Ensuring full accreditation which will include full and unrestricted registration with the GMC, membership of an appropriate defence body and delivery of annual evidence for appraisal or accreditation purposes in keeping with National requirements at any time.

· A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Qualifications
• GMC registered
• Performers list registration
• DBS checked

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a GP in a primary care / community setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Blackburn Road Medical Centre

Address

Blackburn Road

Birstall

Batley

West Yorkshire

WF17 9PL

Employer's website

https://www.blackburnroadmedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)